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As a conservative Republican, I’m finished with U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann and, frankly, I now have to question the judgment of the other four members of Congress who oddly decided – hey, let’s call into question the patriotism and loyalty of an aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton because of her relatives!

There is no doubt that the underlying topic of the letter – Obama Administration policies regarding the Muslim Brotherhood – is a legitimate and serious one; so one has to question why these five members desperately needed to overreach and drop in the purely gratuitous paragraph about Ms. Huma Abedin.

POLITICO asks, is this a form of McCarthyism. Of course it is. Ms. Bachmann claims that her letter has been distorted. For anyone who can read at a fourth grade or better level, it is impossible to distort the meaning of the letter as it pertains to Ms. Abedin.

By her logic, I have to assume that any member of Congress who is related to a person in prison or who has been in prison should not be trusted with a federal government job, should resign from Congress – and, most certainly, should NEVER be allowed to sit on any of the congressional intelligence committees.

Congresswoman Bachmann came to Congress with such promise; a high-level professional, true family person, a foster parent dozens of times, telegenic and well-spoken, but her unquenched need and lust to get on the Sean Hannity show and in front of any TV camera seems to know no ends. Sen. Charles Schumer used to have the ignominious reputation – where’s the most dangerous place in Washington, D.C.? Answer: Between Sen. Schumer and a TV camera. Well, not anymore. I think we can all agree the new title goes to Ms. Bachmann.

These five members of Congress should publicly apologize to Ms. Abedin. I have no problem with the letter asking for further information from the State Department on matters involving the Muslim Brotherhood, but it must proceed without innuendo or hint that an American citizen is somehow disqualified from serving her country merely because she is a relative of potentially questionable people.

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